The same day that Walmart announced it was giving bonuses and raising it's minimum wage to $11, it also abruptly closed 63 Sam's Club stores. Many employees did not learn of the closure until they showed up for work.

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2 in Indy. I know the one on West 86th is next to a Sam's Club. We bow to our Walmart Overlords.

Huh?

They opened a Sams here 10 years ago, it closed after 2. Right in the middle of the housing meltdown.

Kinda of a big freeway center on 2 sides of a street, had lots of empty pads where they were going to build and never did.

Its been hit and miss with many of the stores that have been there -- many closings. Pier 1, cost plus, sams, sports auhtority, office depot and dozen other small places. One smaller "arm" of the center has seen a half dozen + little resturants come and go -- think its all empty now.

Early February they’re closing both the Walmart Super Center and Sam’s Club in a center in Sacramento. Sam’s Club employees walked out en masse when they were told, from what I hear. Both places are across the street from a new(ish) Winco.

That sucks. The one in Fern Park FL was our "backup" Sam's Club. We found that the one nearest us doesn't always carry everything we want... I can think of two food items that we'd have to go to Fern Park for. Guess we'll have to drive 45 minutes to Kissimmee to look for those things.

Walmart MO: Overbuild, run competition our of business with predatory pricing, then close the extra stores.

Look at the 4825 Marburg Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45209 location being closed, it is only 2.3 miles from the next Walmart. I don't have time to research it all but it is likely that closed store are only a few miles from another Walmart.
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I know two of those stores. Busy to the point where there's no parking available every time I pass them. I doubt that they were underperforming.

Wondering whether this came into play:
In a note to staff, Sam's Club President and CEO John Furner said that a review found stores that were hindering business at other locations or operating in areas that had not seen the population growth that was expected.

Both of those stores are adjacent to Walmart stores. I suspect that they were seen as taking business away from the regular Walmart store.

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What about those members that can only go to one of these stores, for whatever reason (proximity, transportation, etc). do they offer membership refunds because your favorite store closed?

As a matter of fact, yes, you can get a refund of your membership fees for any reason or you can double down and get a free three month extension of your membership.

See above thread: only Costco will take back dead Christmas trees. Sam cannot compete with that.

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Wow. They really don't like Seattle. I guess Costco is too hard to compete with on their home turf perhaps.

quote from announcement "or operating in areas that had not seen the population growth that was expected.? If you look at where the 3 are located, growth there is pretty much stagnant for the Seattle and Renton locations, AND surrounded by about 12 Costcos within 50 miles. Maybe more.